Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu is the author of God of Poetry, Satan's Story, A Play of Ghosts and The Missing Link. A 2008 Caine Prize for African Writing nominee, he wrote the text for Scottish photographer Owen Logan's caricature of Michael Jackson's visit to Nigeria entitled Masquerade. He lives in Lagos and is married with children.
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Bestride Keyamo’s Jungle and Kanu’s Zoo

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Unwittingly, Nigeria keeps owning up to all its many caricatures. Since its birth in 1914, and independence in 1960, the 'geographic expression' has had...
Position Papers

The Cemetery Of Corruption Called Nigerian History

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There is talk here and there of bringing back History with a capital “H” in the Nigerian school curriculum. It is cool by me to...
Interviews & Profiles

Biyi Bandele Who Came In From The Back Of Beyond

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He started out as Biyi Bandele-Thomas, and shocked the literary world with his amazing precocity. He was admitted to my alma-mater Great Ife (University of...
Arts & Books

Villains of the Old Empire

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Bandits and Beggars by Kunle Adebajo; Lantern Books – Literamed Publications Ltd, Lagos; 2008; 111pp It is an everlasting truism that when brothers and sisters...
Arts & Books

A Lifetime of Friendships

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A Lifetime of Friendships: And a Career in Television and Nollywood by Muritala Sule; MS Global Productions Limited; 2019; 242 A Lifetime of Friendships is the...
Arts & Books

The Missing Link Between Ape & Man

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(Excerpt from the Prologue of the novel The Missing Link by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, published by Abibiman Publishing, UK)   I am the missing...
Technology & Science

Anambra Broadband Drive And The Soludo Megacity Goal

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Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has never hidden his initiative to turn Anambra State into one megacity. The broadband installation is the grand way to...
Miscellaneous

The Most Impossible Article Ever Written

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The most challenging article ever written by me was published in Time magazine. It was one of the many friends of mine who had been...
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